Help! The Doubles Numbers are Missing
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What's Inside
Use this book with a child who is practicing early addition facts, especially doubles. It fits well for quick review time, math centers, or a short read-aloud when you want to strengthen number sense.
The pages focus on doubles numbers that are missing, so children can practice recalling and completing addition facts. The book also supports pattern noticing in addition and building math fluency through repetition.
It is a good match for first and second graders who are learning to add with confidence. Teachers, parents, and caregivers can read it again and again to help a child remember doubles facts.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn Help! The Doubles Numbers are Missing into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Doubles addition facts
- Addition practice
- Math fluency
- Recognizing patterns in addition
- Finding missing numbers
Discussion Questions
- 1 What do you think it means when the doubles numbers are missing?
- 2 Can you think of a doubles fact you already know, like 2 plus 2 or 3 plus 3?
- 3 How does knowing doubles help when you are adding numbers?
- 4 Where have you seen patterns in math or in your day, like on a calendar, a game board, or in a set of steps?
- 5 If a doubles fact is missing, what could you use to figure it out?
- 6 Which doubles fact would you want to practice more, and why?
Words to Learn
- doubles
- Doubles are addition facts with the same number added to itself, like 4 plus 4.
- add
- To add means to put numbers together to find a total.
- addition
- Addition is the math skill of joining numbers to make one bigger number.
- fact
- A fact is a math problem you can learn and remember.
- pattern
- A pattern is something that repeats in the same way again and again.
- fluency
- Math fluency means you can solve math facts quickly and smoothly.
- missing
- Missing means not there, so you have to figure it out.
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